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MPs' '200k energy bill expenses'

MPs have come under attack for claiming £200,000 of taxpayers' money to cover the cost of their energy bills. Some 340 MPs used the expenses system to pay for heating their second homes, according to the Sunday Mirror.

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Energy expenses MPs 'should wear thicker jumpers'

A Labour MP said ministers found to have claimed thousands in expenses to heat their second homes should "perhaps wear thicker jumpers".

John Mann, who did not claim for his energy bills, told the Sunday Mirror:

Perhaps the MPs who have submitted the claims should start wearing thicker jumpers.

There will be people including pensioners who can't afford to heat their homes who will be furious to find out that MPs who can afford to pay them are putting in such high claims.

Government ministers are attacking Ed Miliband for proposing to freeze prices, but they don't have to worry about the cost because they can put the claims in.

– John Mann MP

David Cameron suggested earlier this month that people facing rising energy bills should consider "wrapping up warm" and wearing jumpers.

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